Melbourn Bothers Strawberry beer pours two stiff fingers of foamover a cloudly orangy brew. There's not a lot of carbonation and thenose is sweet strawberry jelly. The flavor is tart strawberry over Englishmalts, with salt, citrus, and medicinal notes and a slight herbal hop finish for balance. The mouthfeel is crisp and refreshing. Not exactly a true lambic yet not as sweet as some I've had. There's something really drinkablehere. This could be a good choice for a breakfast beer. Really tasty, andpretty adventurous considering it's an English brewer making the stuff.

I seem to really be going for these strawberry beers this summer. This one surprised me a bit. Opens with a fizzy, deep ruby color, and qute clear. Aromas on straberry cola with a firm tartness (kinda lambic-like). Quite sweet and moderately malty flavor is taken by strawberry syrup flavors. Body is a bit more full than expected with a moderate bready base. Remaining fizzy into the finish with an emphasis on sweet strawberry (artificial) flavor and increasing tartness. A good taste, but somewhat un-beer like.

This beer poured a cloudy copper color with a thick rocky head that lasted a while. The smell is strong of strawberry. The taste is sweet and fruity (strawberry) with some malt noticeable. There isnt much of a hop flavor detectable. The mouthfeel is medium. This is a good example of a fruit beer which would be quite drinkable to those that like the style (or strawberries).

Tons of carbonation.. makes the body more like strawberry soda than strawberry beer. Overall, it's certainly not bad. The strawberry flavor is satisfying enough, but in my opinion it's not nearly worth the $4.99 I paid for one bottle.

A: Orange amber color with obvious strawberry highlights. The medium sized head even is tinted a strawberry pink.

S: Strawberry candy, caramel, a little vanilla and wheat.

T: Strawberry is the theme as it should be. The flavor is actually very much real and not fake like a soda might be. Its a medium strawberry taste, not too tart or pungent like fermented strawberries can become. You can tell this beer is English, has the trademark limestone taste to it. Balanced with lemon juice that adds a necessary bite. Finishes sweet and tangy. Not a lot of malt character here.

M: Thin body, somewhat hard but fitting for the style.

D: As far as fruit beers go, this beer doesn't suck. The is one of the best non Belgian style fruit beers on the market.

Poured a hazy ruddy brown, the color of browned strawberries, with a large mostly lasting beige head.

Smelt of strong strawberries and apple juice.

Taste was upfront strong sweet and sour strawberries and spicy cloves followed by a strong sweet and sour brown strawberries and moderate yellow cake dessert feel on a long cloying sweet finish. Palate was medium to full bodied, syrupy, lively carbonated, and cloyingly sweet.

Melbourn's makes a very tasty strawberry beer. The fruit flavor and aroma is dominant. I really enjoy the unique aroma of that reminds me of real fruit unprepared and al ittle dirty. I find the finish a bit dry and the beer flavor is rather one dimensional. The finish is rahter dry for a fruit beer but this kinda nice as you are left wanting more. There are some fermentation characters coming through but not like the belgians. Don't get me wrong this a fine beverage and I enjoy it about once a month. (My wife likes it too.)

A- This beer has a dark shoe polish brown body with a white thin head that fades after a bit.

S- The smell of homemade strawberry jam is strong and dominates the smell even during the pour.

T- The first flavor is strawberry jam with a faint tart cherry hint in the background. The finish is a sweet jam note with a carbonic bite.

M- This beer has a light mouthfeel with a dry finish.

D- This is all about the strawberries and the sweetness upfront and dryness in the finish balance a bit. It would be nice to have a bit more malt or alcohol flavors to contrast the berries. I like deserts and fruit so this was not bad for both and I like jam.

Overall Impression: A wonderful Spontaneous Fermented Beer (Beer that is exposed to the surrounding open air to allow natural/wild yeast and bacteria to literally infect the beer). Basically tastes like a Belgian Lambic that is balanced with a perfect strawberry flavor. If you aren't a beer connoisseur you would probably think this was a wine cooler.

I like this a bit better than the cherry beer. Light amberish-pink colour with a fluffy, faint pink head. Smells like slightly off sweet strawberries, with some malts and hop bitterness. Not entirely unpleasant.

Pours amber, almost reddish... with nil head. Smell and taste are both very much strawberry, very tart and very sweet. I swear I detected the smallest amount of hops (and maybe even barley), maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me, but it seemed like there was a touch of a green flavor in a couple of sips. That, and the very high level of carbonation was the only thing that made this seperated this from a wine cooler. Compared to a wine cooler, I would pick this 10 for 10. Compared to nearly any other beer on the planet, I would take a regular beer 99 out of 100. That being said, they hit the mark on the given style for sure.

Orange haze to rich red amber color. Pretty nonexistant head, more like the kind you get from pouring champagne or sparkling wine. Very carbonated, felt more like drinking soda than a beer. Slight taste of bitter lingers in mouth, I found it to be quite pleasant. Great for dessert, very light and refreshing. First time tasting this kind of beer, very satisfying.

Appearance: Pours with very little head, no lacing left as the head quickly dissipates. Color is a surprisingly clear red-orange.

Smell: Strawberry jam on toast. Much less sweet smelling than a belgian lambic, actually quite pleasant.

Taste: Tangy with a very fast pucker factor. Bitter on the back of the mouth, not very good while in the mouth. The aftertaste is quite pleasant, like a not too sweet strawberry jam. However, the initial shock isn't worth the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Acidic, leaves the mouth coated in mucous. Not horrid, not great.

Drinkability: Pretty low. I'd rather take one sip and have no more than keep drinking. The aftertaste being so much better than the actual taste, it's hard to want to keep drinking this.

Appearance - pours a hazy pinkish red, a pale pink head of a finger setting up and looking to hold but is actually melting away slowly.

Aroma - a sure strawberry pulp smell, grain edging its way in as the beer settles. Finishes sonewhere between the two, a curious combination to say the least. Overall, it's a berry owned aroma.

Taste - a sweet syrupy beer. The strawberry is easy to taste, it's everywhere. Some light grain coming in a bit as the sweetness subsides a little, almost a little lambic sourness to it. The ending dries up a little bit as some needed tartness tries to check the sugar level. Pretty tasty as alcopops go.

Mouthfeel - slightly heavier than average, mild to moderate carbonation, lending itself even more to a wine cooler style beverage.

Drinkability - if sweet fruit beers are your thing, you'll enjoy the Melbourn Strawberry, but it's more a novelty than a mainstay.

Recieved this as part of a christmas gift from my wife. I didn't think i was going to like it, but i was a little surprized. Pours red with a hint of brown. Not much head, very carbonated. Odor - strawberry syrup. Taste is tart and rife with alcohol...no attempt to hide the alc. flavor. After the alcohol comes more of a strawberry taste that hangs around in the same sort of way that a sweet wine does. Mouthfeel is very fizzy and light. Ok drinkability. I dont really want another, but i enjoyed this one.

Poured a very pale rusty pink colour with no head. Very light lacing. The strawberry smell is immediately noticeable. The smell is very close to strawberry jam; very sweet. There is also a wine cooler characteristic about it [the smell]. Carbonation is mild and the taste is just about what you'd expect from the smell. Very tart and very dry. This is basically strawberry lambic. Not overly sweet; very pleasant. I'm a big lambic fan so I really enjoied this one. I'd buy it again.

Murky amber rust with a loose and sparce white lacing.
Strawberry juice nose with figments of dates, vanilla beans, and Swiss cheese.
Fruitiness, again, is king. The Strawberry hues are clearer, cleaner, and better pronounced that those in the Apricot. This is straight-up strawberry jam. The middle find hints of earth, pink grapefruit acidity, and grapenuts. It fades out with a solid canvas and berry cooler sugariness.
The carbonation is brighter here and keeps the heavy-sweet body from hanging unwelcomely.
It's more or less a berry spritzer with traces of lambic dirt. Hard to call it, but it is better than the Apricot on all accounts.

Very much a dessert beer. Poured out to a hazy red / orange color with a 1/4 inch head. Higher level of carbonation, this almosted looked like champagne when poured. Aroma of malt and strawberries dominated, with a hint of spice mixed in as well. The taste was very unique and enjoyable; flavors of strawberry, malt, mild hops, and some acidity sweetness toward the finish meshed well on the palate. Mouthfeel was light and not syrupy like many Fruit Beers. Nice. Overall drinkability is pretty good; this is likely most desireable for after a meal as a sweet treat. One of the better flavored Fruit Beers i've had. A recommended brew for fans of the style.